Donald Macleod (physicist) explained

Donald Bannerman Macleod (21 July 1887 – 8 March 1972) was a New Zealand molecular physicist.

Early life and education

Born at Doyleston, near Christchurch, in 1887,^[1] Macleod studied at Canterbury University College, graduating with an MA with first-class honours in chemistry in 1910.^{[2] [3]}

Academic career

Following his graduation, Macleod was appointed as a lecturer in physics at Canterbury and worked there until his retirement in 1953 as an associate professor. He had a research collaboration with Professor Coleridge Farr from 1911 to 1936.^[4] In 1922 Macleod was awarded a DSc from Canterbury University College.^[5]

His work covered the viscosity of sulphur and the internal pressure of liquids.^[4]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1935^[4] and in 1940 he was awarded the society's Hector Medal for his work in the field of molecular physics.^[6]

Selected publications

• Macleod . Donald Bannerman . 1910 . Rate of oxidation of acetaldehyde to acetic acid . Transactions of the New Zealand Institute . 43 . 33–52.
• Farr . C. Coleridge . Macleod . D.B. . 1910 . Further experiments on the influence of artesian water on the hatching of trout . Transactions of the New Zealand Institute . 43 . 55–57.
• Book: Farr . C. Coleridge . Skey . Henry Fawsit . Macleod . Donald Bannerman . Marshall . P. . A magnetic survey of the Dominion of New Zealand and some of the outlying islands for the epoch 30th June, 1903 . 1916 . New Zealand Government . Wellington.
• Macleod . D.B. . 1923 . On a relation between the viscosity of a liquid and its coefficient of expansion . Transactions of the Faraday Society . 19 . 6–16 . 10.1039/TF9231900006.
• Macleod . D.B. . 1934 . The composition of binary mixtures and their viscosities . Transactions of the Faraday Society . 30 . 482–493 . 10.1039/TF9343000482.
• Macleod . D.B. . 1945 . On a direct calculation of the viscosity of a liquid, both under ordinary pressures and high pressures, from the viscosity of its vapour, on the basis of a new equation of state . Transactions of the Faraday Society . 41 . 771–777 . 10.1039/TF9454100771.
• Macleod . D.B. . 1947 . The calculations of the latent heat of vaporisation and the viscosity of CO₂ under pressure on the basis of a revised equation of state . Transactions of the Faraday Society . 43 . 169–172 . 10.1039/TF9474300169.

Notes and References

1. News: Births . 10 August 1887 . The Press . 18 August 2014 . 2.
2. News: NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Ma . 18 August 2014.
3. News: N.Z. University . The Press . 12 May 1923 . 5 . 17 August 2014.
4. April 1972 . Death of Dr Macleod . Chronicle . University of Canterbury . 7 . 2 . 18 August 2014.
5. News: N.Z. University: official examination results . The Prress . 10 . 8 May 1922 . 17 August 2014.
6. 1940–41 . Minutes of the annual meeting, 22nd May, 1940 . Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand . 70 . II . 17 August 2014.